Space Hulk (first edition) is an awesome board game.
The second edition was rubbish; they took out all the rules and simplified it so much that it took all the fun out of it; at least the tiles were useful.

I used to play Space Crusade on the Amiga with a friend of mine; it was good fun though very frustrating, for example, random event in the first turn: You are out of ammo!
Yes, the heavy weapon you spent your points on and is the main crux of your squad has no ammo before you have even fired a shot! Good programming there!

I am really struggling to remember if I have actually played Space Crusade before. I know I had the Space Hulk PC game, and I was sure it was a different name to the board game… but then, that was a long time ago…

Ohhh Space Crusade computer game sounds full of fail…

The Space Hulk one was awesome… seriously scared the living daylights out of me. In fact it was one of 3 PC games I legitimately purchased before WoW.

it was great fun… but I dare say that on today’s PC’s it would suffer like so many other old games by being “overpowered” (new machine too fast for old game)

Well, I know saying try the WoW board game and TCG to a bunch of people who can actually log in and play the online version seems a bit silly. But both are very fun and involve many people. TCG is much simpler and games go much faster, if you’re going to try the WoW board game, prepare for the long haul. Our first game took over 9 hours!! We’ve trimmed it down to about 6 now that we understand the rules.

If you hate RNG in the WoW, you’ll really hate them after you throw your dice in the board game. “What do you mean I threw 10 dice and didn’t get a single 4 or better?!?” Those board games at least have less strain on the eyes. Sounds like fun!

Whilst googling space crusade i stumbled across this blog entry, about some guy with a remarkably similar name to me hosting a space crusade game, so i got curious and checked it out, only to discover it was in fact me.

Yes, gnomer is a friend of mine from way back.

Bravo! I was delighted to read the often amusing review of the evenings fun. I didn’t realise you enjoyed yourself so much, its been a coupla months since then, will have to organise another sortie into the space hulk.

Board games are fast becoming a lost pleasure. Before computers they were one of the few ways to share a multiplayer experience, apart from DnD.

Anyone ever played Talisman? well i was googling them too, and did you know there is now a Talisman mmo? i kid you not.. its pretty lowkey graphics, and was about to try it out, but after looking at the gameplay, its just not the same as the boardgame. Its more rpg orientated, with quests and stuff like wow. I might try it one day, but atm i think it deters from the fun of having played the original.